In a webinar..
@arunima25 (93194)
Bangalore, India
July 24, 2020 4:40am CST
That's what I am doing right now. As a part of our teacher grooming and upgrading our skills, we have to attend something like a webinar or talk every Friday.
And it is going on right now. I am attending it. The topic is " Teenage and spiritual growth of a teenager...How we can contribute as an educator". I have attended to this topic by this speaker earlier too. He is a wonderful speaker and I have known him personally over years as I have worked as volunteer for his NGO. He has been like a personal mentor to me over last seven years. But still listening to him each time seems like a fresh talk. He is spontaneous and always comes out with some new and beautiful points. The webinar is on in other window and I am listening to it along with peeping in here in between. It will go for another two hours. And at the end of the webinar I have to talk to teachers about emotional well being of teenagers. I have been given a slot for 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes of queries from teachers. I have talked about this topic in several High schools earlier including my elder daughter's school. I have always got a good response from teachers and parents. Today also few parents from High school have accepted the invite to join us for this talk. I hope that this talk would be helpful to them.
Will keep peeping in here for next one hour till I am called to be on video and talk
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
24 Jul 20
Why not? The parents would be interested to discuss matters pertaining to the emotional well being of their youths.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
26 Jul 20
Not many parents participated. We wish that there were more but still we had a handful of concerned parents and they did have a lot of queries. It went on very well. We were very happy with it.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
29 Jul 20
@Nakitakona Some parents feel these to be a waste of time. They only like to pin point shortcomings in children or school and teachers. Not interested in knowing their responsibility.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
26 Jul 20
@arunima25 The same with us here. When a meeting is called for the parents to attend only a handful attended
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
26 Jul 20
He is a well known person who is the one who bought Steiner education and Anthroposophy to India. His name is Mannivannan Ganapathy and he also runs Heart and Soul Foundation.
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
26 Jul 20
@piyushbhatia1 He is the principal of my younger daughter's school. She goes to a Steiner school and I am an active parent member there. I do a lot of volunteer work for his organization. So I interact with him on regular basis and have personally known him for years now.
@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
28 Jul 20
@arunima25 I hope your virtual talk went well.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
29 Jul 20
@simone10 I have been conducting talks and workshops for quite some time now. But this was my first experience of a virtual one. I am glad that it went well and I got good response.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
26 Jul 20
It was indeed a very interesting and informative webinar. I have been giving talks on such topics to teachers and parents from last five years as a part of my profession. This was my first experience of a virtual talk.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
27 Jul 20
I generally do not find webinars that good. Some can really put you to sleep. But this one was too good and kept our interest till end with the humor and presentation. This was the first time that I conducted such talk on a virtual platform and I was not sure how it will go. But glad that my first experience was a good one and it encourages me to do some more in future.
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@Lavanya15 (12888)
• Chennai, India
24 Jul 20
Wow you doing great job. Nice topic selection too. Keep going my friend.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
26 Jul 20
Thanks dear. I have been giving such talks to parents and teachers in various schools. This was my first experience with a virtual talk. SO was a bit concerned. Glad it went well.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
26 Jul 20
@Lavanya15 Thank you dear for your kind words and encouragement.
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@Lavanya15 (12888)
• Chennai, India
26 Jul 20
@arunima25 I am glade you did good presentation. Keep going my friend. I am so happy to meet you hear.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
24 Jul 20
Yes. It is good one. He is actually talking about the temperaments of human beings and basically helping us to understand teenagers well to help them.
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@pandeydeependra (611)
• India
24 Jul 20
Seminar changed into webinar, situation modify us. For teacher leaning process going on through the life. Sharing of thought with eminent people helps to teachers a lot.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
26 Jul 20
Thanks to the technology. Even in this pandemic crisis, we are able to carry on with job and education on a digital platform. Though it does not come close to the physical seminars and interactions but nevertheless it is good.
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
27 Jul 20
It is a part of our profession. We have to keep learning and keep updating ourselves.Thank you
Thank you
@garymarsh6 (23978)
• United Kingdom
24 Jul 20
It is marvellous the technology we have to be able to do this these days. Imagine 20 years ago we would not have even heard of this!
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
26 Jul 20
I totally agree with you. Even in this pandemic, we are able to continue with so many things in life due to this technology. It can be a curse or a boon..depends on how we use it.
@Butterfingers (66603)
• India
24 Jul 20
That's great. These sort of webinars does help teachers a lot
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
26 Jul 20
Yes. We have to keep learning. We have to keep bringing new perspectives into our job.
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